Harlow prevents clean sweep

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GREG HARLOW, the English champion, averted a clean sweep on the part of the host country at Edinburgh last night when he defeated Alec Marshall, the world No 2, 6-3, 6-4, in the quarter-finals of the H J Hall Scottish Masters.

Earlier, Paul Foster, David Gourlay and Darren Burnett, the defending champion, had booked their places in the semi-finals, while Joyce Lindores and Julie Forrest had come through the quarterfinals of the women’s event.

Marshall started as if he was determined to complete a Tartan whitewash, bowling to the proverbial sixpence, and taking a 3-1 lead over Harlow after three